Baek-ha

Baek-ha (died 645) was a Goguryeo officer who commanded Yang Manchun's crossbow troops during the Goguryeo-Tang War. In 645 AD, she and her lover, the cavalry commander Pa-so, took part in the Siege of Ansi, defending the fortress from the Tang Chinese army of Emperor Taizong of Tang. After her husband was killed in an ambush while attempting to attack Taizong's camp, Baek-ha rode out of the city by herself on a horse, donning her armor and equipped with a crossbow. She furiously rode towards Taizong and attempted to kill him, killing several of his troops in the process. Baek-ha succeeded in cutting the Emperor's cheek with a crossbow bolt which he dodged by turning his head, and she was then stabbed through the chest by a Chinese spearman, killing her.